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Flag of Heroes

Printed U.S. flag with two metal grommets on hoist; names of emergency personnel listed within red stripes; printed in blue at bottom: "Flag of Heroes TM / This flag contains the names of the emergency services personnel who gave / their lives to save others in the terrorist attacks of 9.11.* / Now and forever it will represent their immortality / We shall never forget them"; printed in lower right: "NYC 9/11 Memorial Field / Seventh Anniversary / Battery Park, Manhattan / September 8-14, 2008"; printed along bottom edge: "As of 09-11-2003 - Copyright 2002 BIE www.flagofheroes.org e-mail: biellc5@aol.com. Signature of John Michelotti below bottom stripe.

Gallery Label:

The Flag of Heroes was created to honor the emergency services personnel who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. It is a companion to the Flag of Honor (2003.7), which lists the victims of the attacks. Both flags were created and distributed by Greenwich, Connecticut, resident John Michelotti.

Credit Line:

Gift of Holly Nedelka

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